The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see
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The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see resource for landlubbers and mariners alike.

Carol Gafford is a public librarian, family historian, amateur archivist and book savior. She is currently the youth services/outreach librarian at the Swansea Public Library and volunteers for several museum and historical societies including the Marine Museum at Fall River, the Swansea Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation society. She is the editor of Past Times, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists and is always looking for a new project to take on.

After failing to secure the Northeast Division title and No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference with a loss to the Senators on Sunday night, the fourth-seeded Bruins will face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the playoffs.

The series will begin Wednesday night at TD Garden.

The Bruins went 3-1-0 vs. the Leafs this season with three of the games decided by one goal and the other by two goals with an empty-net goal. Toronto was 1-2-1 against Boston.

In the four games, the Bruins scored 10 goals to the Maple Leafs’ seven. Tuukka Rask was 2-0-0 with a 0.85 GAA and .958 save percentage against Toronto.

The Bruins dominated the Maple Leafs last season to the tune of a 6-0-0 record and 36-10 goal differential.

It’s the Maple Leafs’ first playoff appearance since 2004, the last team to make the postseason since the 2004-05 lockout. It’s also the first time Phil Kessel (20-32—52 in 48 games this year) has made the playoffs since being traded from the Bruins to the Maple Leafs. Kessel has nine points in 22 career games against the Bruins.

Tyler Seguin was taken with the first of the two first-round picks the Bruins got in the Kessel trade. A native of Toronto suburb Brampton, Ont., Seguin has made a habit of destroying his hometown team (16 points in 16 games).

The Original Six teams haven’t met in the postseason since 1974 when the Bruins swept a first-round series.

Here’s the full schedule for the series. All games will be broadcast in New England on NESN.